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The Clue

Dry as a bone (4 letter answer)

The Answer

ARID

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Notes

The answer ARID is very common and appears about once every 42 puzzles.

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Desiccated
Dry
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Sere
Unimaginative
Uninteresting
Unproductive
Unstimulating
Waterless
Xeric
Bone dry
Devoid of fluid
Dry as dust
Dry-as-dust
Far from arable
Like the Mojave
Like Mongolia
Needing irrigation
Of no interest
Describing Death Valley
Having zero rainfall
Like arroyo areas
Like Death Valley
Like the Spanish Sahara

Definition

ARID as an adjective:

1. (arid, waterless) = lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
2. (arid, desiccate, desiccated) = lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo